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Himes

American  
[hahymz] / haɪmz /

noun

  1. Chester (Bomar) 1909–84, U.S. novelist.


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The five novels here, published between 1954 and 1964 as paperback originals, stand in the noir tradition of James M. Cain, Chester Himes and David Goodis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Democratic Congressman Jim Himes, part of the so-called "Gang of Eight" US lawmakers typically briefed on military operations, appeared on BBC Newsnight shortly after news of the incident emerged.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, says we ought to think about what Beijing “just learned.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Legislators looked ashen and somber, and one of their number, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., declared it “one of the most troubling things” he’d ever witnessed.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025

But Mr. Rooper had no intention of courting Mrs. Himes for a month.

From A Chosen Few Short Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard